Crystle Roberson

Crystle Roberson is an African-American filmmaker, writer, and television producer. She was honored by Women in Film &Television with the Woman to Watch Award in 2008.^[1] She was a director for television series including Greenleaf on the Oprah Winfrey Network, plus All American (CW), Diary of a Future President (Disney+), American Soul (BET), and more.

Today, Roberson is a member of the Directors Guild of America.^[2] Her first award from HBO, Chase, and Kodak for her short film Next Door’s Next (2009),^[3] led her to write and direct indie projects including Private Garden with Idris Elba, and The Black Cage with Mykelti Williamson.^{[citation needed]} She directed more shorts such as The End Again featuring Columbus Short and Black Girls Guide to Fertility with Raney Branch.^{[citation needed]}

In 2021, she was Producing Director on ABC’s premiere season of QUEENS and 2 episodes of BMF (Black Mafia Family - Season 2) for STARZ.^{[citation needed]}

Recently, she's directing Season 2 of The Gilded Age on HBO, and she's also the Producing Director for 2 episodes on Season 4 of Genius: MLK/X (episode 4 & 6).^{[citation needed]}

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